Logged Visits:

This should have been an easy ride from the last trig but the A31 got in the way. I couldn't cross it so had a rather long detour. Trig in good condition but no views because of plants around it. Loads of fungus!

Parked in car park near Stoney Cross. Then walked across to trig point on Hart Hill. Disturbed Adder on way back sunny itself. Police patrolling car park on return, they told us its a bad spot for car break ins.

Parked in Andrews Mare Forestry Commission car park (access at SU 25885 11396) for this and Stoney Cross surface block. Seems car park is used for courting couple, wasn't until I suprised the second couple that the penny dropped and I left them to their 'coupling'! All paths under water today so wet and muddy 1-mile walk each way to trig. Pillar in good condition; original cap missing, asphalt plug; all sight holes open. Surrounded by low woodland, no views.

From Acres Down CP and onwards to Bratley Plain on a misty and very still day. Rather adventurous walk as it turned out, including crossings of the A31 (a 15m dash PB!) and two streams, not what we expected in the New Forest. Rather surrounded by trees but an extra mark for ponies and autumn colours. Asphalt cap, all s/holes open, otherwise vgc.

Parked at Acres Down car park to the south. Pillar is situated on an enclosure fence line by two redundent gateposts. Views across heath/grass plain to north, forest in other direction. Plug missing, hole asphalt filled.

Approached on direct line from minor road to the east but very boggy under foot returned on path running north and looping back to the car a far better decision. Again disagreeing on the statuscompared to my more usual upland or urban trigs this is very good condition

Second T/P of my day out with Motley Crew. Hiked across country from a narrow lane to get to this one. With hindsight, probably not the best route we could have taken. As the other logs have stated, the centre plug is missing and has been replaced with cement/bitumen. Typical New Forest landscape. The views are pretty enough but not sensational.